This Is What My Day's Been Like

Walk under blue sky. Happy dog. Happy human.

Discovery of Japanese Garden on campus.

Email, Facebook, newspapers.

Work.

Lunch, a treat, with a friend. Stimulating conversation. Great fun.

Visit with a neighbor. Laughter.

Long photography session.

Work.

Vacation planning.

Email, Facebook, newspapers.

Photograph editing, uploading.

Blogging.

Pure joy, like this lucky snap.

The Weight of a Small Thing

It's a small thing I do every day -- walk and look with my camera.  It's a small thing to write a blog post that would go unread were it not for a former student who religiously reads each post.  (Yes, you know who you are, W.)  It's a small thing to snap photos, throw most away, tinker with a few others, and upload one each day to a gallery. 

But there's nothing small about the effects. I see the world as if new every day.  I feel more fully myself in those moments when I walk and snap. I am more grateful than I have ever been for the small things -- legs that walk, eyes that see, ears that hear.  I have learned to love Sewanee for its smallness and the beings that live in it. 

I wear a kind of light weight now, like the bee burying its head in a zinnia: for a moment, it is mine -- all of it -- and then I fly away.